Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61db184d0059023b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:59:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6293bb7f62a263d71cb41db407ab334a SHA-1: 23b7135cc5a3466dfeac9f6d97e076d1bb3dafb0 SHA-256: 61db184d0059023bf833c479d93b8ccee12228ed186bd6f6ba724fdf8aeb53f8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085405894698---nevepuwadixeme.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753abfec762---50382556834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210714_A5C9A84BC3FE8325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/13440672807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c95172d86c---11539588002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8c569440452efbde41708cbe9e97aee/46602480339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bofif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cf742c764---fafufifigekavesakisexit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mocl965h7qcoca2t4it2i6s0r4/wamix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/65424627280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d38438f67b2b2dd0bdafae9ea969b210/potukezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2n5ug7hlpqha0l990h5fhdtbg2/75928272450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papiratisk.cz/soubory/42880223412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/9207790575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jirehenl.com/userfiles/file/160752358917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movingalpsfoundation.ch/userfiles/file/14438076807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e99b71fae---65262760731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e78ae2da63b---xojogotowulabawezusoforuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/835ja3mcsf0scje2dcl67pfrt3/63646651164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8286decd97---51863398829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed24d2f5de---wutufujemigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilayunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47662036554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furnitura-syndicat.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/rufukevozasetifuzapopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pozitron-s.ru/userfiles/file/zelawofemiwufiwududodulol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viratrip.com/basefile/travelasreviracom/files/21386475444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=flesh+meaning+in+tamilPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000da20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA20 10312 bytes
SHA-256: 56850414f9f56aea362d3e2976309611be089201496fd69f2de0046f8ac67d15
font_01_sfnt_off0000f11a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF11A 22376 bytes
SHA-256: 3ceed671e0c69eaf3cd4de0011b2b152f9bd0972d58f65331152a8840f52bda0
font_02_sfnt_off00012aed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1